MOLINE, ILLINOIS (September 10, 2024) — This year we aim to raise enough funds to purchase the second Argrow’s residential home. This home will house women and children through the Argrow’s House Residential Program. The women will live rent-free in a safe and secure home for one year, during which time they will participate in free counseling, support groups, and financial literacy training, ultimately entering into a first-time home-owners program. When the women complete the residency, they’ll be positioned to purchase their very own home. . . an investment in her and her family’s legacy!
This year’s event will be special as we’ll gather at Bethel Wesley Church at 1201 13th Street, Moline, Illinois. Attendees will enjoy live music, great food, and the virtual début of our new bath and body shop, small café, manufacturing hub, and social-innovation documentary. We’ll learn from a panel discussion of social enterprise leaders including Argrow’s House, Tapestry Farms, Nest Café, One Eighty, Transitions Mental Health, and Arc of the Quad Cities, hear survivor testimonials, and more! The gathering will be a celebration of all that we’ve accomplished together as well as an important night for the future as we continue to serve women survivors of violence.
Argrow's House of Healing and Hope is a safe space where free services are offered daily for women healing from violence and abuse. Argrow's House is also a bath and body social enterprise where women healing from abuse create beautiful products that provide a living wage for themselves in a safe space that celebrates who they are.
“We are so excited to throw a party celebrating the beauty, social enterprise work, and healing in the Argrow’s House community,” says Dr Kit Ford, founder and director of Argrow’s House. “We also hope to raise significant funds in order to continue to provide trauma-informed holistic services to women survivors. This is incredibly important work and we invite the Quad City community to help support us. . . and have a great time while doing so.”
Over the last seven years, Argrow’s House has served hundreds of women and children healing from violence. The organization has employed survivors, offered monthly domestic-violence support groups, art therapy, food programs, therapeutic animal support and yoga, as well as opened a community and counseling center for survivors and provided a residence for women and children survivors of violence to live rent free.
The work of Argrow’s House is ongoing and funds are needed. As one survivor said, “I felt trapped. Argrow’s House got me unstuck. They provide free resources, support, financial assistance. . . and an out.”
Tickets can be purchased on Eventbrite or by visiting eventbrite.com/e/argrows-house-7th-annual-fundraising-gala-tickets-949680960317?aff=oddtdtcreator
About the Argrow’s House:
Argrow’s House is a safe space in the Greater Quad Cities Region where free services are offered daily for women healing from violence and abuse. Services range from domestic-violence support groups, therapeutic horseback riding, counseling services, and more. Argrow's House is also a bath and body business where women healing from abuse create beautiful bath products that provide a living wage for themselves in a safe space that celebrates who they are. To learn more, visit: argrowshouse.org.
